jonathan and zach from the vale school in tottenham are about to record their tribute to a man they'll man who's become part of their lives. a man called george. # my mate george # i visit you today # my mate george...# we looked up where the grave of george baxter lowson was, a local soldier near our school. when i saw his grave in tyne cot... it's like we know him. # i think of what you say # my mate george #. because we've got disabilities, it's very hard, but i feel me doing this song has made me more confident because i'm not doing it for myself. this isn'tjust a tribute — it's an expression of anger and frustration. # all i see is death, death, death, death in those places # names, the names, the names with no faces # soldiers lost and gone without traces # a thousand unidentified cases...# as ypres prepared for this weekend's commemorations, vale school performed their tribute in a city rebuilt from the rubble. their words and music are a new connection to one man from that distant past. i think he would be proud of this music, proud and pleased. he's not with us, but with this

jhonattan and zach from the vale school in tottenham are about to record the tribute to a man they'll mate george...#. we looked up where the grave of george baxter lowson was, a local soldier near our school. when i saw his grave in tyne cot... it's like we know him. # i think of what you say # my mate george #. because we've got disabilities it's very hard, but i feel me doing this song has made me more confident because i'm not doing it for myself. this isn'tjust a tribute — it's an expression of anger and frustration. # all i see is death, death, death, death in those places # names, the names, the names with no faces # soldiers lost and gone without traces, # a thousand unidentified cases...#. as ypres prepared for this weekend's commemorations, vale school performed their tribute in a city rebuilt from the rubble. their words and music are a new connection to one man from that distant past. i think he would be proud of this music, proud and pleased. he's not with us but, with this song, it's like he's sitting next to us. so we just wanted to give him something. # my mate george

schools. live in sunny vale where people are filling backpacks. >> reporter: thanks for coming out. filling it with goodies. all of the essentials that kids need. and yes, i did try on a back tack for size. they say if you work hard enough and wish it into existence, it will come true. we are in the warehouse and look at all these backpacks that have been put together and gathered. 4,000 backpacks in here alone and some of the great recipients are some members from the boys and girls club. here is wendy to tell us about that. how important and how special is it for these kids to receive the backpacks. >> it is important. it sets preparation for the kids. now they have new supplies to start the new year. we are receiving 300 more backpacks. so the need is still there. >> reporter: that means that we need your help in order to make this happen and tomorrow we will be here. a lot of the members from the nbc news team and telemundo. so come on out and coming up during the 6:00-hour, i will give you more info. and we have a list of what they need. than thanks very much. >> the long wait

vale, nothing but sunshine heating up efficiently, off to cool start in a lot of spots. here is just an example, virtually no winds to speak every outside kutztown area middle school, the currentfficiently, so shooting for 89 in the city today. then string of zero nine or above, from tuesday, right through friday, but potential for showers, storms, does go up as the days progress. >> thank you so much. looking outside, we have accident here near bryn mawr hospital. bryn mawr avenue at old lancaster road, heads up on that. plus very, slow moving, schuylkill at the boulevard, moving in the westbound direction. tail light in the westbound direction, see bumper to bumper conditions there. quick peak at the vine actually looking pretty good. going down little bit travel in the westbound direction as you head toward the schuylkill >> thank you shall meisha. well, some dogs spent their weekend showing off their surf skills. >> check this out. the 12th annual surf dog competition took place in san diego yesterday afternoon. about 50 dogs competed came from all part of the country looking very cool there. and the dogs, they make it look easy but surfers say getting a dog on the board a

around because nick -- we were going to pull him out of school because he and leila's vacations didn't coinci coincide. >> there we have it. >> i take valeoing to start with jay-z, the rop apping, opening about the struggles he and beyonce face. he put out a bonus feature for his new album. and he gets pretty candid. take a look. >> i ran into this place. and we built this big, beautiful mansion of a relationship. you know what i mean? that wasn't totally built on 100% truth. and it's going to start cracking and things start happening that the public can see. then, we had to go to a point. tear this down. and let's start from the beginning. >> that's a deep analogy. he said it has to be built on honesty and truth. he said fighting for his relationship is the hardest thing he's ever done. >>> dwayne johnson. can you smell what the rock is cooking? it's apparently run. the campaign's name, run the rock, 2020. the campaign was filed by west virginia writer named kenten tillford. it did go viral. and johnson announced he was going to run when he hosted "snl questio "snl" season fainale. >> would you vote for him? >> i would have to learn mor